Trousers



H. BROUDER.

TROUSERS. APPLICATION FIL ED DEC. 13, I920- 1,419,127. PatentedJune13,1922.-

HARRY BRO'UDER, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

TROUSERS.

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fipplication filed. December 13, 1920. Serial No. 430,188.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY Bnounnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at l l orcester, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Trousers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to trousers and particularly to certainimprovements in the waist portion thereof. It is the object of myinvention to provide trousers so constructed that a belt may bepermanently attached thereto while at the same time the trousers shallhave a considerable range of adjustment at the waist.

With this general object in view, 1 pro vide slits or openings at thesides of the trousersextending downward a shortdis tance from the upperedge thereof, these slits or openings being substantially con cealed bythe belt.

My invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of partswhich will be' hereinafter described and more particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

A preferred form of my invention is shown in the drawings in which Fig.1 is a front view of a pair of trousers embodying my invention; and

2 is a detail side view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, I have shown a pair of trousers 10 which ingeneral are of the usual construction. The trousers are provided with abelt 11. preferably secured. to the trousers in the rear portion thereofand in the front portion extending through the usual loops 12. The belt11 is preferably made from the same material as the trousers althoughthis is not an essential fea ture of my invention.

At each side of the trousers, short vertical. slits 13 are providedadjacent the upper edge thereof, preferably by leaving; the side seamsopen for a short distance at the top thereof. In the preferred form.short flaps 14: (Fig. 2) extend to the rear of the slits 13 and theslits also extend a short distance below the lower edge of the belt.

WVith the trousers thus constructed, the slits 13 are substantiallyconcealed by the belt 11 but permit a considerable adjustment'of waistmeasurement, as the rear portion of the trousers to which the belt issecured may be caused to more or less over lap the front portion of thetrousers, this overlapping being concealed by the belt 11,.

ith the usual continuous construction it the waist band, the tighteningof the wearers belt to a dimension even slightly less than the size ofthe waist band necessari 1y produces a fold or pleat in the garment.With my improved construction, the belt may be shortened two inches ormore and the surplus material will overlap at the slits, leaving asmooth fitting surface.

Having thus described my invention it will be evident that changes andmodifications can be made therein by those skilled in the art within thespirit and scope of my invention as set forth in the claims and I do notwish to be otherwise limited to the details herein disclosed but what Iclaim is:

1. An article of manufacture comprising a pair of trousers and a beltencircling the front portion thereof, said trousers provided with sideseams and havingshort slits at the upper ends of said side seamsextending downward from the upper edge of said trousers, and said beltforming part of and being secured to the rear portion of said trousersadjacent each slit and at the rear edge thereof, said slits beingsubstantially concealed by said belt but permitting waist adjustment ofsaid trousers by said belt.

2. An article of manufacture comprising-2; a pair of trousers and a beltencircling the front portion thereof. said trousers provided with sideseams and having short slits at the upper ends of said side seamsextending; downward from the upper edge of the trousers and having freeflaps extending rearward behind said slits. and said belt being securedto and forming part of the rear portion of said trousers adjacent eachslit and at the rear edge thereof. said slits being substantiallyconcealed by said belt but permitting waist adjustment of said trousersby said belt.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afiixed my signature.

HARRY BROUDER.

